N244527 PRIVATE Ralph JONES

Awarded the George Cross (GC) posthumously for bravery

Date of Birth:  16 September 1900

Place of Birth: Norfolk, England

Next of Kin: Mr Henry W Jones - Father

Enlistment Date: 15 January 1942

Unit: 22nd Garrison Battalion, Cowra Detachment

Theatre of Service: Australia

Date of Death: 5 August 1944

Place of Death: Cowra, NSW

Cause of Death: Killed in Action during No 12 (Cowra) POW Camp prisoner breakout

Notes: Buried in War Graves Section,  Cowra General Cemetery, Cowra NSW

Was a labourer at Tuena and lived in Crookwell on enlistment